Your Ultimate Entertainment Guide for the Week Ahead
This week offers a rich tapestry of cultural delights, from intense cinematic performances to groundbreaking new music. Whether you're planning a night out or a cosy evening in, our curated guide ensures you won't miss the highlights.
Unmissable Cinema Releases
Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson deliver powerhouse performances in Die My Love, Lynne Ramsay's remarkable new film. This raw portrait of a couple's emotional spiral following the birth of their child is already generating significant Oscar buzz for Lawrence's no-holds-barred performance.
For sci-fi horror fans, Predator: Badlands offers a fresh take on the iconic franchise. Elle Fanning stars as a Weyland-Yutani android who teams up with a young Predator warrior, played by Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, to survive a hostile environment.
Fans of British drama should seek out Dragonfly, featuring a committed turn from Andrea Riseborough as an isolated woman who befriends a lonely elderly neighbour, played by Brenda Blethyn. The film builds gradually to an explosive climax under the direction of Paul Andrew Williams.
Essential Music and Gigs
Spanish superstar Rosalía releases her highly anticipated fourth album, Lux. Structured in four movements and featuring the London Symphony Orchestra plus guests including Björk and Yves Tumor, the album explores themes of feminine mysticism and transcendence in gloriously over-the-top fashion.
For live music, Mura Masa (Alex Crossan) brings his spontaneous, reflexive sound to London's Roundhouse on 14 November. Meanwhile, California pop-punks The Offspring kick off a UK tour in Cardiff, promising a heavy focus on their 90s heyday, including the irresistible Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).
Noteworthy Streaming Premieres
Amazon Prime delivers Malice on 14 November, featuring Jack Whitehall as a tutor who worms his way into a wealthy family's world during a Greek holiday before attempting to destroy their lives. The series comes from James Wood, creator of acclaimed British sitcoms Quacks and Rev.
Netflix offers The Beast in Me, which reunites Claire Danes with Homeland co-creator Howard Gordon for a pitch-black thriller. Danes plays an author tormented by her son's death who throws herself into writing about her property mogul neighbour, played by Matthew Rhys, whose wife mysteriously vanished.
Channel 4 presents Trespasses, an adaptation of Louise Kennedy's novel about forbidden desire in 1970s Northern Ireland. The cast includes Lola Petticrew, Tom Cullen, and Gillian Anderson, exploring the unbearable tension between the personal and political.
Stage Highlights and Cultural Events
At the National Theatre, Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in End, the final chapter of David Eldridge's trilogy about what it takes to fall and stay in love, running from 13 November to 17 January.
The Royal Ballet presents Perspectives, a delicious triple bill featuring a world premiere from choreographer Cathy Marston inspired by Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, plus Balanchine's classic Serenade and Justin Peck's Everywhere We Go.
Art enthusiasts should visit Baltic in Gateshead for For All at Last Return, an immersive exhibition exploring how humans affect the seas through works by artists including Shezad Dawood and Joan Jonas.
